# Evonik > Evonik's transition is visible in specialty-chemicals applications, not in a single portfolio percentage. Its 2025 sustainability report names biosurfactants, membrane technologies and catalyst recycling among the innovation lanes behind its circular-economy strategy. The disciplined next step is to take one application from alternative feedstock through customer qualification and end-of-life handling, with performance evidence at every handoff. - Industry: Chemicals & Advanced Materials - Collection: Active - Materials: Solvents, Water - Processes: Recycling, Sorting - Evidence through: 2026-09-18 - Canonical URL: https://www.materialtransition.com/library/evonik ## Material inputs to resolve Specialty chemicals, circular raw materials and product-portfolio transformation Evonik's 2025 Financial and Sustainability Report describes circular raw materials, portfolio sustainability assessments and life-cycle thinking across production, use and recyclability. Evonik's sustainability page reports 48% of sales from Next Generation Solutions and 86% of significant raw-material suppliers examined through Together for Sustainability assessments. Public reporting does not establish one product-level record connecting feedstock origin, formulation, performance, customer use and recovery route. **48%** Share of sales from Next Generation Solutions **86%** Significant raw-material suppliers examined through TfS assessments **Circularity** Raw materials, production, use and recycling lifecycle frame **3 phases** Production, use and recyclability focal points - Specialty chemicals, bio-based inputs, recycled feedstocks, catalysts, solvents, energy and water - Supplier assessments, product specifications, formulations and customer application data - Post-use chemicals, packaging and downstream material streams where recovery is feasible ### Outputs and residuals to resolve - Performance materials, additives, active ingredients, amino acids and industrial chemicals - Process waste, packaging, wastewater and products entering technical or biological cycles - Product-level circular feedstock, use boundary and end-of-life evidence remain open **First decision:** Choose one Evonik product or application. Map raw material origin, formulation, performance requirement, customer use, cycle classification and recovery or biodegradation route. ## Portfolio signal Evonik reports 48% of sales from Next Generation Solutions in 2025. #### Supplier signal Evonik reports 86% of significant raw-material suppliers examined through TfS assessments. #### Lifecycle signal Evonik names biosurfactants, membrane technologies and catalyst recycling within its circular-economy innovation work. #### Evidence boundary Portfolio measures do not establish one product-level chain of custody and customer qualification. ### Decision boundary Evonik's transition is visible in specialty-chemicals applications, not in a single portfolio percentage. Its 2025 sustainability report names biosurfactants, membrane technologies and catalyst recycling among the innovation lanes behind its circular-economy strategy. The next useful unit is one application where alternative feedstock, function, customer qualification and end-of-life handling are all visible. The public record supports one bounded next move: Choose one Evonik product or application. Map raw material origin, formulation, performance requirement, customer use, cycle classification and recovery or biodegradation route. It does not establish a buyer, commercial approval or supply agreement. ## Material flow map | Material or stream | Qualification gate | Process or destination | Evidence still needed | |-|-|-|-| | Circular raw materials | Origin, purity, allocation and supply security | Chemical or fermentative production | Feedstock record, lot and method | | Additives and active ingredients | Function, safety, use phase and cycle | Customer formulation or biological use | Specification, application and fate | | Post-use product streams | Collection, biodegradability, sorting and recovery | Technical or biological cycle | Market, route, quality and destination | This is a public screening map. It separates company-disclosed flows from open qualification work. It does not convert a destination into a buyer or an announced ambition into operating capacity. ## Three defensible entry lanes #### Make portfolio sustainability operational A portfolio percentage matters when it changes a specific product, feedstock and customer decision. **Next evidence:** Select product, raw material, application, performance test and claim. #### Connect supplier evidence to circular products Supplier assessment is a control point for origin, data quality and raw-material substitution. **Next evidence:** Select supplier, input, site, assessment, product and improvement. #### Classify the real cycle A chemical can move through a technical or biological cycle, but the use and fate must be explicit. **Next evidence:** Select substance, application, use boundary, degradation or recovery route and evidence. ## Evidence register - **Sustainability** Evonik, official sustainability hub https://www.evonik.com/en/sustainability.html [1] - **Sustainability Report 2025** Evonik, official report PDF https://www.evonik.com/content/dam/evonik/documents/Evonik\_Sustainability\_Report\_2025.pdf.coredownload.pdf [2] - **Circular economy** Evonik, official circular-economy page https://www.evonik.com/en/company/circular-economy.html [3] Source hierarchy: filings and company disclosures first. The brief states what those sources support and leaves the unresolved plant, grade, permit, buyer and mass-balance questions explicit. ## Material Transition editorial interpretation Evonik's circularity problem is a portfolio and supply-chain problem. Its 2025 report treats circular economy as a transformation across raw materials, production, use and recyclability, while its current sustainability page reports 48% of sales from Next Generation Solutions. The next useful unit is one specialty chemical where alternative feedstock, function, customer qualification and end-of-life cycle are all visible. The next useful working session starts with: Choose one Evonik product or application. Map raw material origin, formulation, performance requirement, customer use, cycle classification and recovery or biodegradation route. ## Sources - [1] Sustainability - https://www.evonik.com/en/sustainability.html - [2] Sustainability Report 2025 - https://www.evonik.com/content/dam/evonik/documents/Evonik_Sustainability_Report_2025.pdf.coredownload.pdf - [3] Circular economy - https://www.evonik.com/en/company/circular-economy.html From the Material Transition company brief library: https://www.materialtransition.com/library/evonik